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    juana sad and corruption and cruelty of politicians‚ reality shows a cruel society like the story. Figures Literary comparison or simile: In the story we realize using this figure as compared with an imaginary object. Using the words: Like‚ like‚ etc. Allegory: Allegory Another figure is symbolic because it shows a device that is a concept further.  Metaphormetaphors also identify elements that

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    The three metaphors are the sunrise‚ the stairs‚ and the color green. Firstly‚ the scene where Vincent and Irene watch the sunrise shows even that though Vincent was less perfectionate than Irene‚ yet they both enjoyed the same amount of pleasure from the sunrise. Secondly

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    story’s renown is based on how he succeeded in explaining the conflict between adults and children and the refusal of growing up by creating a parallel universe called Neverland‚ which mirrors some of the human psychological battles with a series of metaphors‚ in a way that children can enjoy and adults can

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    she had yet to have” (72) Boo continues to characterize Fatima by showing the reader that she is slightly superstitious and believes in the balancing of life’s fair and unfair events. “...the rain came down like nails.” (73) The author’s use of a simile gives the reader a sense of the rain’s sharpness by comparing it to nails. This helps to develop the setting. “...but to judge by the piles‚ the Muslim garbage people were less poor than had been assumed.” (85) This passage gives the reader and the

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    by the General. If he made it 3 days without being caught‚ then Rainsford gets to go home; Dolefully that did not happen to any other human before Rainsford. In Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game‚” The use of similes/metaphors and Imagery contributes to the story’s overall mood. Similes

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    is the simile and metaphor on page 314‚ and how to use these types to make the reader feel and imagine what happened in my essay. In addition‚ if you want to develop your writing skills‚ I think the figurative language is important to add the interest‚ personality‚ and variety to my writing skills. Also‚ using an effective word that helps the reader paint a picture in his/her mind. The first essay "Polaroids" by Anne Lamott‚ the author used the effective figurative language by used metaphor and simile

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    By looking at Shakespeare’s similes and the descriptions of the mistress‚ we can see that the beauty standards of the time are haunting the mistress and giving her a corpse-like appearance. Shakespeare’s sonnet consists of similes used to describe the mistress in unpleasant ways in order to show how different she is from the typical woman one would see during the Elizabethan Age: “If snow be white‚ why then her breasts are dun / […] / I have seen roses damasked red and white‚ / But no such roses

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    More often than we would prefer‚ we are inclined to forget the significances of the events and experiences of our past - such is only human‚ if we fail to record our incidents. However‚ this is far from the case for expressive memoir author Virginia Woolf‚ whose afternoon sailing one day had impacted her for life. There are several descriptions‚ allusions‚ and idiomatic phrases in the reminiscent passage which harken back to the significance of Woolf’s undertakings as depicted. Specifically‚ those

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    Both images show restroom signs that are discriminatory or prejudice against another race or being. In District 9‚ there is evidence of discrimination against the aliens or ‘prawns’. This refers back to the Apartheid Era‚ where White Supremacy ruled over the nation of South Africa and caused an unfair racial divide. The ‘white people’ were more privileged than the other races and were forbidden to integrate with said races. The above images assist in showing the similar social issues present in the

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    In the novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver‚ she creates a symbol of a rhizobia which are bugs that help support the root of the plant and give them long green pods. In the novel‚ we see Taylor and Mattie help support Lou Anne‚ Turtle‚ Estevan and Esperanza throughout difficult times. Taylor helps support Turtle when she becomes her caretaker . When Taylor was given the baby in the beginning‚ she never committed to raise her. Taylor began to accept Turtle and the responsibilities that came

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